
Stream of Consciousness Saturday is brought to you each week by Linda Hill
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “check/cheque/Czech.” Use one, use ’em all, use ’em any way you’d like. Have fun!
A good few years back hubby attended the wedding of his cousin’s son in the Czech Republic, it was a different affair. Broken plates,and beautiful cakes that did not taste beautiful. It was an occasion he should of avoided but as no one else in his family could be bothered to put themselves out he went to represent them all.
Now as banks are fast vanishing from our high streets along with most things these days the life of the cheque is drawing to a close. In fact it is almost a thing of the past. You can no longer use them in most places of business. But while banks are hanging on by their nails for now, I don’t think they will much longer. You can do all transactions non line, on your computer, phone or mobile. We can even pay cheques in by an app on our phones now, until it’s final demise.
There used to be a TV show called Blankety Blank, it was a quizz show and the winner received a Blankety Blank Trophy in the shape of a cheque book and pen.
Now let me check, I have dealt with, Czech and Cheque all that leaves is Check which I have just used in the first sentence of this paragraph. Shall I expand? Why not this is SoCs after all. In the last job I did before I retired I worked on the customer service desk in a large supermarket and often if the store was busy I would help out on the check – out tills. We used to accept, cash, cards and cheques with accompanying bank card, coupons and vouchers. Well that is not the case now. Cash, cheques and probably vouchers are no longer really acceptable thanks to Covid19 so times are as always changing. No cheques, but lots of checks at the door, depending where you are entering, mask, temperature, gloves. As for Czechs unless they already live here they may not be allowed to enter the country without checks being carried out. Bribery with a cheque won’t help them.
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Jul 25, 2020 @ 10:24:06
I loved Blankety Blank!!!
Jul 25, 2020 @ 10:39:07
Me too it was so funny, they could not say half of those things now but it was gentle bin it own way.💜💜💜
Jul 25, 2020 @ 10:41:07
Like so much, sis 💜
Jul 25, 2020 @ 10:41:24
Yes indeed 💜
Jul 25, 2020 @ 15:12:09
Well done, Willow. This piece made me smile, especially your last comments.
Jul 25, 2020 @ 14:59:50
Thank you Robbie glad that you enjoyed it 💜
Jul 25, 2020 @ 16:05:43
Most excellent post today. Blankety-Blank is the same game show we call Match Game over here. Very funny show, enjoyable to watch.
Jul 25, 2020 @ 15:04:16
Yes I loved it, sadly it is no longer made here . The last show was in 2002 💜
Jul 25, 2020 @ 16:04:38
Our came back with a new host – Alec Baldwin after being off air many years, Gene Rayburn, the original host was a hoot.
Jul 25, 2020 @ 16:31:24
It was always so funny 😂
Jul 25, 2020 @ 17:40:06
An interesting romp through the checks…
Jul 25, 2020 @ 18:28:42
Lol thank you for checking it out 💜💜😊
Jul 26, 2020 @ 00:39:11
This is checktastic!!! Hubby still writes me a check every month for 1/2 the credit card bill. We have separate accounts but charge against the same cc account to get our airline miles. I still go to the ATM to deposit it. With my rubber gloves & alcohol wipes of course. 😊
Jul 26, 2020 @ 06:16:10
I love the word checktastic takes me back to my teenage years when we often added ‘tastic’ to loads of words! The cheque is very much a thing of the past here but I do still have a cheque book 💜
Jul 26, 2020 @ 21:36:08
I’m still a teenager I’m my own mind. Having a granddaughters doesn’t hurt any either. I make up ridiculous words all the time. 😂🤣😂
Jul 27, 2020 @ 06:08:56
Lol yes we are all in our prime in our minds whatever our bodies say 😉😉😆😉
Jul 26, 2020 @ 02:53:28
What a great take on the socs. I’ve never been to the Czech Republic — you make the weddings there sound interesting!
Jul 26, 2020 @ 06:20:14
Apparently it was and not all the right reasons. 😀 Hubby had to go on his own as I was recovering from a broken back at the time 💜
Jul 26, 2020 @ 03:02:20
I had to check out your post before leaving the internets for the night. Well done, my friend! ✔😉
Jul 26, 2020 @ 06:43:58
Thank you glad you checked it out and checked it off 😀💜